How Do I Add A PDF That Can Be Filled Out And Submitted To My Email

I just finished converting an application to PDF using the forms wizard. This works really well as it makes it so they can only fill in the required information and not alter any of the other form. Right now I just have it posted as a downloadable file that they can save fill out and email back in. However what I'm wanting to do is have it where they can just open the PDF in another tab, fill it out and hit submit and have that automatically sent to my email account. What I've done is use:
<a href="digital_application.pdf">Click To View</a>
This in essence will open the application in another tab of the browser where they can fill everything out. However thus far their only option is either a "Print" or "Save" button. I'd like to add a "Submit" button somehow to where it's emailed to an account I've set up, or have it save to a file on the server. I don't know if this is something I have to code into the site, or If I can make a button on the PDF itself, or there's an option to make the PDF display a "Submit" button, just need a little help. Thanks!

You use the 'submit' method to submit the PDF's FDF to web based script page and have that page perform the email function.
http://www.planetpdf.com/developer/article.asp?ContentID=Web_Hosting_PDFs&gid=6526

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Firstly I apologise if I have not searched enough to find the answer to this question but I have tried and I need to purchase the correct Adobe Product for what I require.
I work in the Health Industry and my job entails sending Forms currently in WORD to many different Universities. The Universities have to fill in those forms and email them back to us. It is not uncommon for us to send 30-40 forms to be completed per day!
The information on the forms are then emailed back to use and ultimately copied into about 20 OTHER different forms which travel throughout the Hospitals to various different departments.
As you can see, data integrity is of the utmost, but it is NOT when using WORD.
What I want to be able to do is Design a PDF form where the recipient can open it, fill it in, and then return the form to us. We then can extract that information and utilise it in other PDF forms which travel to elsewhere again.
Am I right in assuming that this can be done, but the data cannot be accessed unless you utilise a website to do this? Unfortunately the hospital is not happy about this due to privacy issues.
Can the forms I create be filled in and returned to US and the data then used without having to access a website?
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The data can be ported to several different database formats as I understand it.
Data integrity and privacy can be an issue. The best way to handle this is by mail as you suggested (printing the form and submitting). However, it should be reasonable to submit to a web script that handles the processing of the data. I am just not sure how private that is and would have to defer to other IT folks. An e-mail submission would definitely not meet the need. However, your need and volume suggests that a web script is the way to go for your application. You may be able to find some comments here on the security of the web submission (I faintly remember some comments related to that), but definitely e-mail submission should be forgotten for the same reason it is a problem with WORD.
In the meantime, you might consider downloading the trial of Acrobat 9 Pro (a comparison of the versions, Std, Pro, and Pro Extended, is under the Adobe Store. You have to enter the purchase part of the site, but don't have to purchase to see the comparison). I suggest you try forms in both Designer and directly in Acrobat to determine your own viewpoint of the pros and cons. Once you go to Designer, the form can no longer be edited in Acrobat. Also check the different data submission types that are available. Even an HTML data format is available if that is more convenient for you to parse and use in other applications. The data base options that were suggest might meet your needs well.
You have your work cut out for you. I think you will find that PDFs will meet your need, at least a lot better than WORD. Good luck.

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hello
on the html-based form http://www.samtaleterapi.com/oversigter/psykoterapi.html there isnt the functionality i want
it can only be filled out and printed
what i want is a form that can be filled out, saved locally on people's own computers, and and that the local copy can be edited and saved anew continually
can PDF do this?
can the end users edit and save the form with no other program than adobe reader?
if so, is this a specific format of PDF?
and if so, how do i create it?
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Sandee Cohen wrote:
Phillip Jones said:
After the uproar from Users about Standard being little more than Apple's Print to PDF; there hasn't been a Standard version for Mac since version 6. So many people were use the features in Acrobat 5 to create Forms that could be filled out by Reader. when the bought 6 Standard they were ready to hang the CEO of Adobe in effigy. When 7 came out is was Pro only.
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